Climbing Wall Award

The Climbing Wall Award (CWA) is a national qualification administered by Mountain Training. It is about supervising climbers on purpose-built artificial climbing walls and boulders. It is ideal for people who work at climbing walls or at venues with permanent or mobile climbing towers. There is also an optional abseil module (often run in conjunction with the training and assessment courses) which is all about supervising abseiling in climbing walls. Chris is approved by Mountain Training as a course provider for the Climbing Wall Award scheme..

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Pre-Requisites for the CWA Scheme

Before booking a place on a training or assessment course, please download and read our detailed course notes to ensure you meet the minimum requirements:

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Outline Programme for Training and Assessment Courses

Training Courses

All our training courses are two days, and include the abseil module training, which can be booked as a separate half-day module if you have already completed the training. If you have a group of four or more, we can arrange a course on a date and in a location to suit you (a mileage charge is made for courses outside Cumbria).